Disclaimer: I don't own Degrassi, their theme song, Dirty Little Secrets, All-American Rejects, or commercials.
You see Emma walking towards Degrassi when Manny walks up to her.
"Hey, Em," Manny says.
"Hey," she responds.
"I can't believe summer's over already," Manny sighs.
"Yeah, neither can I," Emma agrees; though she looks a bit sadder than Manny.
Manny doesn't notice, but she perks up, "Hey, we probably won't have much homework today, you want to go to the mall or something after school?"
"Sorry, I can't," Emma responds.
"Why not?" Manny asks. "You can never hang out after school with me, and we didn't hang out much over the summer."
"I just can't Manny," Emma says, a little annoyed.
Theme song
"Dirty Little Secrets"You see Marco and Ellie out on the steps of Degrassi.
"So how was your summer, Marco?" Ellie asks. "I was gone for so long, I hardly got to see you."
"My summer wasn't nearly as great as yours, you went to Mexico while your dad was here for most of the summer," Marco says. "My summer was as exciting as watching grass grow."
"I'm sorry," says Ellie, sympathetically.
"One good thing did happen, though," Marco says, perking up a bit. "Dylan agreed to take me back on one condition."
"Oh that's great," says Ellie, "what's the condition?"
"If I come out to my parents," Marco responds.
"Are you going to?" Ellie asks
"Yeah, I've decided to do it today," Marco responds.
Scene change
It's after school; Manny and Emma walk out of Degrassi.
"Ugh, how could they assign sooo much homework?" Manny complains. "Don't they know it's the first day of school?"
Emma shrugs.
"Well, sure you don't want to come to the mall with me?" Manny asks.
"No, sorry," Emma says.
"Well, bye," Manny says.
They depart, but Manny notices that Emma isn't taking the route she normally takes. Manny senses something's up and decides to follow Emma. They walk for awhile, but eventually you see them in front of a small, white house, with small playground equipment in the back. Emma goes inside the house and Manny sneaks closer to the window. Inside the strange house"Hi, grandma," says Emma. "Where is she?"
A small toddler, only about a year and a half old comes running up. She has blonde hair and hazel eyes."Mama!" the small girl screams, happily.
Emma picks up the girl, gives her a kiss, and swings her around.
"Jade!" Emma exclaims.
Scene change
"Mama, papa, I'm home," Marco calls as he comes through the door. "I have something to tell you."
Marco's father and mother come into the kitchen, where he is standing.
"What is it Marco?" his father demands.
"Papa, I don't know how to tell you this," Marco begins. "I, uh, well, I don't like girls. I like guys."
Marco's mom feigns shock, but his dad just stands there.
"Get out," his father says suddenly through gritted teeth.
"Wh-what?" Marco stutters.
"I said get out, leave, go away ," his dad yells.
"Now, he may be gay, but he is still our son," his mother says.
"Maria, you know perfectly well he is not our son, his father says.
"Papa," Marco begins.
"Don't call me that!" he thunders. "I'm not your 'papa' you're adopted! Now get out, we don't want you anymore! Do you have any idea how disgraceful it would be to have a fagot as a son? Even an adopted one?"
"I'm sorry," Marco attempts.
"Just get far, far away from here," his father says. "Have your belongings packed up in the next thirty minutes. We don't want you, we don't love you, just leave.'
Marco reluctantly goes up the stairs to his room and packs up his things. A few minutes later, his mother comes to him.
"Here, take this," she says, handing him a roll of bills.
"Thanks," Marco says and makes a feeble attempt to smile. "I'm adopted?"
"I'm sorry you had to find out this way," his mother apologizes.
"It's okay," he responds.
"I still love you, you know," his mother says.
"I love you, too, mom," he says.
Marco locks his suitcase, grabs a bag, gives his mom a hug, and then reluctantly leaves his house. He takes one last look at it before walking away.
Scene change
"I love you," Emma says to Jade, tucking her into bed. She gives her a kiss and turns her night light on. She turns to her grandma, "Thanks for doing this."
"You don't have to thank me every time you leave," she says.
"It's only for two more years," Emma promises. "Maybe less. I'll try to graduate early, then I can take her off your hands."
"It's okay, Emma, I love my great-granddaughter," she reassures her.
"Well, thank you," Emma says. "Here."
Emma hands her grandmother some money, then goes out the door, only to be greeted by Manny who was watching the entire time.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Manny demands.
"Manny, you scared me!" Emma says.
"Don't avoid my question," Manny says, "why didn't you tell me you had a daughter?"
"I can explain," Emma tells her.
"Then explain," Manny says.
"When I had to spend all that time away from Sean, I thought he was going to leave me," Emma explains. "So I slept with him. It doesn't really matter, since he ended up leaving me anyway. Soon after, I found out I was pregnant. I was able to hide it fairly well. I kept off as much weight as I possibly could and wore a lot of big clothes. My grandma let me keep her at her house, and I visit her as much as I possibly can."
"Wow," Manny mutters.
"Please don't tell anyone," Emma pleads.
"I won't, Em," Manny promises.
Scene change
"Hi Dylan, it's Marco," Marco says, talking on his cell.
"Hey," Dylan says.
"I told my parents a little over an hour ago," Marco explains, "But they kind of kicked me out of the house, can I stay with you?"
"About that," Dylan says, hesitantly, "I made up with my boyfriend."
"Oh," Marco utters.
"But congrats on telling your parents," Dylan attempts to cheer him up.
Marco hangs up without even a goodbye, but his phone rings again.
"Hello?" he says into the receiver, exasperatedly.
"Marco?" his mother sobs.
"Yes it's me," Marco says, worried.
"It's y-your father," she says.
"What about him?" Marco asks, growing increasingly worried by the moment.
"He had a heart attack shortly after you left," she sobs. "He didn't even make it to the hospital. He d-died, Marco!"
"It's okay, mama," he tries to console her.
"Please come home," she begs.
"I'll be there as soon as possible," Marco promises, hanging up.
…I'll tell you my dirty little secret…
Preview:
Voice over says, "Ashley's not coming back. Who will lend a shoulder?"
Ellie and Craig are making out on the couch.
A/N Aright, hopefully I haven't disappointed you. Thank you to all my reviewers, and a special thanks to the one who gave predictions. You're right for some of them. As for the pregnancy one, Manny could have another abortion, you never know. Whether you loved it, hated it, or are somewhere in between, please drop a review!